WEBVTT
INCLUDING
KANSAS CITY.
KRIS TAISHA WALKER EXPLAINS WHY
THOSE GROUPS OPPOSE THE CLINICS
LEGAL ACTION.
TAISHA: PRO-LIFE SUPPORTERS
PROTEST OUTSIDE PLANNED
PARENTHOOD'S KANSAS CITY CLINIC.
SIMILAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN OTHER
MISSOURI CITIES.
>> WE ARE WRITING YOU AS
CODEFENDANTS IN THE LAWSUIT.
TAISHA: PLANNED PARENTHOOD
RECENTLY FILED A FEDERAL
LAWSUIT, ASKING A JUDGE TO BLOCK
TWO MISSOURI RESTRICTIONS THEY
SAY ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
>> THESE ARE SHAME LAWS DESIGNED
SOLELY TO PREVENT WOMEN FROM
ACCESSING ABORTIONS IN EACH
STATE.
TAISHA: PRO-LIFE SUPPORTERS SAY
PLANNED PARENTHOOD SHOULD FOLLOW
STATE RULES.
>> ALL OF THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD
CLINICS IN MISSOURI THAT ARE
PERFORMING ABORTIONS TO BE HELD
TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS EVERY
OTHER SURGICAL FACILITY IN THE
STATE.

Groups who oppose abortion gathered outside the clinic to challenge the arguments made in the lawsuit. Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge to block two Missouri restrictions the group says is unconstitutional.

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Those restrictions require abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a hospital and clinics to have an ambulatory surgical center.

“These are shame laws that are designed solely to prevent women from accessing abortions in each state,” said Laura McQuade, of Planned Parenthood Great Plains.

Similar regulations in Texas were recently ruled unconstitutional.

The group said it would expand its abortion services to Kansas City, Columbia, Joplin and Springfield if the court blocks those restrictions. Planned Parenthood currently only provides abortion services in St. Louis.

“It’s not an accurate representation of the truth,” one anti-abortion protesters said outside the Kansas City clinic Monday.

Protesters said Planned Parenthood should follow state rules.

“All of the Planned Parenthood clinics in Missouri that are performing abortions (should be) held to the same standards as every other surgical facility in the state,” said Jill Noble, of Concerned Women for Politics.

The protest group plans to collect signatures and deliver a letter to the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, asking for an investigation into the clinics.